Despite being injured during the World Cup, David Beckham has outshone fellow football superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in a global poll looking at the commercial licensing value of World Cup legends.

Five has pulled out of Project Canvas, the TV on-demand joint venture from ITV, Channel 4, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva.

Will Lewis, former Daily Telegraph editor-in-chief, has joined News International as group general manager.

Centaur Media, publisher of New Media Age, has revealed that revenues in the six months to the end of June were up 10% year on year.

TV marketing body Thinkbox is returning to TV screens later this year with a new ad campaign reminding advertisers of the power of TV.

Rick Astley is the latest pop superstar to become a presenter on Magic 105.4.

Pearl & Dean has signed an exclusive partnership deal with interactive media and experiential advertising experts, Tangibal Media.

Global net TV advertising is forecast to hit $116 billion in 2010, up 3.7% year on year, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media.

Virgin Media has launched a new website, ’10 Things Project’, as part of its celebrations of a decade of broadband.

Ofcom has today outlined new rules for product placement on TV that could come into force by the end of the year.